Is There A Brain Tumor Virus?

hey my name is kaleah and im 13 years old i want to be the first 13 year old to cure a brain tumor completely i am very confident that i can do so i am about ot start studying for college now and i really want to acomplish this to you have any tips on how to do so

Attention morons: glioblastoma multiforme is a uniformly fatal disease. It can't be completely removed at surgery because it's too widely infiltrative. Surgeons have even tried taking out an entire brain hemisphere for it and it still comes back. Early detection doesn't do anything except give you longer to dwell on your profound misfortune.

I say go for it and treat it as a virus as it seems most brain tumours treatments are in trial anyway. My son (45years old)was diagnosed with stage lV glioblastomia muliforme Aug 3 2008 was treated with aggressive chemo ( Tremodar) and radiation with massive boosters of radiation for 5 days. The end resilt after his last MRI... the tumours had in fact increased. I have researched many sites from around the world and most patients with GBM had the same results after the chemo treatments. My son was extremly healthy did not use cellphones or mirco waves of any sort did not eat any processed food took natural vitamens. He died 4 months 7 days after being diagnosed. Like all cancers it is an insidious disease.

GBM isn't fatal if you have early detection and keep up on treatments you ***! Yes it's not the best new but not a death sentence. I know many who are 5+ year survivors and a few 10+ year survivors.

This is a great article, and goes to show that people should find an organization that funds this type of research, and get involved. Even if you only volunteer for a couuple hours a week, it will make a differnce. You can even help out from the internet. You don't need to be local to an organization to make a difference. The more people that believe in your mission or work, the faster we can fund this research and make a difference. Visit us if you would like to get invovled and fund brain tumor research and dclinical trials.

http://www.milesforhope.org

This is an excellent article! This goes to show that it is critical that people find an organization that helps fund clinical trials, and ask how to help. You can help volunteer, even across the internet. By joining an organization, it will help raise funds so that we can quickly fund these clinical trials and research. Visit us for more information, or askj how you can help. http://www.milesforhope.org

there is nothing new about this hypothesis

hiv causes brain tumoUrs so does a host of viruses -if rabies can kill in hours by neuro disorder then viruses can do anything

BUT THE GOLDEN CHAIN WILL LINK the cause that provokes the virus to provoke the disorder
even multiple sclerosis is definitely viral as it efeects the neurons

thanks to the editor
i enjoy your erudite articles on culture and art
please polish your political rhetoric
it lacks a lot to be desired
merci

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I wish they would study the virus from the other end, in the cancer stem cells, when they form the first abnormal cell division and begin to multiple geometrically. Perhaps by studying embryonic stem cells with federal tax dollars again, we lost eight years under BuSH, and they mades some kind of NCi policy shft last October according to the NCI website for the Adult brain Tumor COnsortium before obama even begins it looks like they will not have any Phase III trials of the new drugs they are looking at, probavly because the patients do not survive long enough to gain the benefit of a longer trial.
GBYAY Anne MCGinnis Breen

After reading all of your responses, I have been incredibly touched. How I feel for you that are affected by this, there are no words. All I can say is that I do pray and hope that the cure is around the corner, and I feel gratefull that people care enough to find it. My father died of Brain cancer in 2003, he only lived 7 months after his diagnosis, but he made it to see his second grandbaby born, and to hold her in his arms...that was his last wish. Mine, is that they find this cure, and never give up!

Well, where would we be without our "hypothesis".....it is better to look at a problem and try to solve it, with certainty of course, especially in this type of situation. But let me tell you, I would rather have hope that this might be a link, than no hope at all.

I am not writing this post to make anyone feel sorry or cry for our lot in life. Our 13 year old son Brandon has a brain tumor.

Our/his daily routine, starts at 0600 in the morning with blood pressure medicine, he takes two pills, at 0800 he takes another 5 different medications, more blood pressure, vitamins, what not, then at 0900 he gives himself a breathing treatment. After which I do chest PT to break up the mucus in his lungs, and suction it out. He then gets to go off his ventilator which he has to have to breath. He is able now to be off the vent for 3 hours twice daily. He also takes his own vitals, but we are here to ensure he does them correctly. We have a nurse 16 hours per day, in fact the RN is sitting behind me charting the rest of his life, you see we don't know just how long that is, it might be 80 years, it might be 80 minutes. But we keep charting.

Everyday we look and see how we can improve his life, and bring it back to normal. But one thing is sure, there is always something going on to keep him busy, he takes his vitals every hour, and has grown up beyond his years as a result. He is a very proud young man especially since he has learned that he has things to do to stay alive that nobody else does in the house. I remind him daily how special he is, and that he is Gods child and put here on this earth for a purpose.

At 1400 he takes his meds again, and then goes down for a nap, the rigors of being up slows his stamina, he is under going chemotherapy and its tireing. After he awakes at around 4, we do his trach care and he takes his daily shower, and cleans up, then plays with his brother and sister who devote themselves to his happiness. They don't complain about missing their childhood. They get to do things on their own, he encourages them to be active with their friends. Unfortunately, he can't be exposed to alot of people because the threat of infection.

1800 he again takes another breathing treatment and does his chest PT, at 2000 he has the 5 different meds again, then at 2200 he takes his final meds for the nite. He is then in bed by 2300. Three times per week he gets Physical therapy and Occupational Therapy, and does his home schooling in and around his schedule.

I am so proud of his accomplishments, and the love he gives us. But I wanted to write this story to say "cherish your children and their good health". You never know when something will happen that changes the life they have, and changes your life. Never think for one minute though that you can't accomplish what is necessary to live a full life. You can do it.

I pray you all have happy thoughts and receive this story in which it was intended, to remind us just how precious our children and life is.

I applaud anyone's efforts to find a cure for brain cancer. It is an orphan disease; it is underfunded and most doctors in the brain tumor field have so little time to devote to applying for research grants after working with patients all day. Even if the virus turns out to be an incorrect theory, at least then we can cross it off the list of possibilities. Good thing Einstein didn't quit after all of his failures.

I say this with an open mind and open heart as my husband, the love of my life, was diagnosed with stage II brain cancer on January 13th, 2003. His tumor has grown since then and we are approaching it now with Temodar through the stellar efforts of the doctors at Duke University. It's time we support doctors who are trying to find cures. They are our only hope for tomorrow...if not for my husband, for future generations.

Gail

I want to know if when these people are given these grants, does that mean that they can use a certain percentage of it for personal use, and if so how much?

There are many sources of funding available other than the government. The greyribboncrusade.org is a group of about 60 brain tumor foundations that each offer grants.
I hope that this pans out. It should be relatively easy to show an easily available (used off label) drug like Valcyte works or not. We could track patients virtually - in the brain tumor virtual trial (virtualtrials.com) to quickly determine if it has a major impact on this disease. I don't need a multimillion dollar randomized blinded controlled clinical trial as proof, if we can see a major benefit in a majority of a group of say 50 glioblastoma patients, that is enough proof for me. We can hammer out the details later but let the current patients benefit from it.

I had half my stomach removed for an ulcer that "couldn't possibly be caused by bacteria". Now, thirty years later, we cure this simple H Pylori bacterial infection with anti-biotics; no surgery.

Medicine in twenty years will make today's cancer cures seem like witchcraft

My brother (age 31) was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiformulae in May of 2007. He still has his job as the only male teacher in his school. He teaches 4th grade special ed. He and his wife have a 3 1/2 year old daughter and another daughter due in March 2009. I know that NCI doesn't know him but I do. He has been an amazing brother and to loose him...well besides our family's loss it would mean that a majority of those kids at his school would suddenly loose the only father figure in their lives. I don't know enough about the medical side of brain cancer to make any sort of educated argument but I definitely know the personal side. If anyone out there can do anything more for this and other types of cancer I and 17 special ed students would be eternally grateful. Thank you and God Bless you and your efforts.